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Was Gen. Mattis right to speak out about Trump's leadership?

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with restaurant industry executives about the coronavirus response, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, May 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) more >

After a lengthy recounting of missteps and kowtows to China that the WHO had made in its handling the coronavirus pandemic, Mr. Trump gave Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 30 days to shape up and make fundamental reforms.

If not, he writes, “it is my duty as President of the United States … I will make my temporary freeze of United States funding to the World Health Organization permanent.”

He also said that under such circumstances, the U.S. will “reconsider our membership in the organization.”

“I cannot allow American taxpayer dollars to continue to finance an organization that, in its present state, is so clearly not serving America’s interests,” he concluded.

One of Mr. Trump’s conditions, he stated in his conclusion, is that the WHO “actually demonstrate independence from China.”